Crohn's Disease

Video Surgery - Anthony de Buck van Overstraeten at ESCP Dublin 2015

Video - Beatriz Silva Mendes (Portugal) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Malaika Vlug (The Netherlands) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Lior Segev (Israel) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Igors Iesalnieks (Germany) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Hagit Tulchinsky (Israel) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Andre D'Hoore (Belgium) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Ian White (Israel) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024

Short Paper - Govind Nandakumar (USA) at Tripartite Colorectal Meeting 2014

Short Paper - Govind Nandakumar (USA) at Tripartite Colorectal Meeting 2014

Oral Poster (IBD) - Alaa El-Hussuna at ESCP Barcelona 2014

Free Paper (IBD) - Nuha Yassin at ESCP Dublin 2015

Oral poster - Alaa El-Hussuna at ESCP Copenhagen 2011

Scientific session (expert guidance) - Giuseppe Sica (Italy) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Scientific session (expert guidance) - André D’Hoore (Belgium) at ESCP Dublin 2022

Annemarie de Vries (France) and Giuseppe Sica (Italy) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

Free Papers (IBD) - Francesco Selvaggi at ESCP Dublin 2015

Takeda Satellite Symposium - Michel Adamina at ESCP Barcelona 2021

Eyal Aviran (Israel) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

ESCP/ECCO Symposium - Michel Adamina (Switzerland) at ESCP Barcelona 2021

Symposium (in collaboration with s-ECCO) - Gert Van Assche at ESCP Dublin 2015

Symposium (in collaboration with s-ECCO) - Omar Faiz at ESCP Dublin 2015

Symposium (in collaboration with s-ECCO) - Willem Bemelman and André D’Hoore at ESCP Dublin 2015

Educational session - Willem Bemelman at ESCP Milan 2016

Educational session - Janindra Warusavitarne (UK) at ESCP Virtually Vilnius 2020

The exact etiology of Crohn’s disease remains unclear, but current evidence suggests that the intestinal mucosal barrier is compromised, allowing invasion of intestinal bacteria into the bowel. Conservative measures are the mainstay of treatment. Surgery is primarily used to treat complications of Crohn’s disease and to improve quality of life. Certain situations such as enterovesical fistulas are absolute indications for surgery. In isolated ileocecal Crohn’s disease, primary ileocecal resection is a therapeutic alternative equivalent to the escalation of medical treatment. Adequate preoperative preparation, including improving nutritional status, weaning off or stopping immunosuppressive medication, and preoperatively draining abscesses, can decrease complication rates of surgery for Crohn’s disease. Unless neoplasia is present, bowel-sparing techniques (strictureplasty, limited resections) should be used. The laparoscopic approach is possible for most indications; its superiority over the open approach has been shown for primary ileocecal resection. Seton drainage is a good option to retain quality of life for patients with complex perianal fistulas.

Consultants corner - Feza Remzi (USA) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

International study results forum - Nicolas Avellaneda (Denmark) at ESCP Vilnius 2023

ESCP/ECCO Symposium - Willem Bemelman (The Netherlands) at ESCP Vienna 2019

Mattias Soop (Sweden) at ESCP Thessaloniki 2024